St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-02
PRELIMINARY WORK.
The Delegates to the z. Of L. Assembly
Arriving.
COMMITTEES ARE AT WORK.
Some Chestnuts Rehashed With No New
Developments---Monday's We'll
coming Ceremonies.

Delegates to the Knights of Labor
general assembly are steadily arriving
at Minneapolis, among the prominent
arrivals yesterday being John w. Hayes,
New Brunswick, n. j., secretary of the
general executive board: James Camp
bell, Pfttsburg, president of the Ameri-
can Window Glass association and chair
man of the credentials committee; Hugh
Cavanaugh, Cincinnati, district master
workman of d. A. 40, one of the largest
district assemblies in the organization,
and Richard Grifiths. Chicago, the sec
ond officer in the national body-Gen-
Worthy Foreman. General Master Work
mani. .Powderly and other members of
the executive board will probably come
Monday. The committee ON credentials
and the cooperative board held meet
ings yesterday morning and afternoon.
but the business transacted was not
given out for publication, and will not
be until submitted to the assembly. Last
evening the delegates present in the
city visited the local assemblies. There
is considerable talk about the '.opposi-
ton to Powderly," but it is clear to be
seen that the leading delegates regard
this as revival of a newspaper ''chest-
nut" AT any rate they dispose of it in
emphatic language which leaves no
doubt OF their attitude towards their
leader.
The only other topics which seem to
have OccasiOned much talk is the pros
pective contest over the reinstatement
of District Assembly No. 126, of New
York, and the anticipated kick of the
Gambrinus Assembly No. 10S, of Mil
waukee, against Powderly's decided at
titude in regard to the support of the
The matter of the adoption of the new
constitution will of course occasion con-
siderable debate. These questions have
been discussed for the past year, and
there seems to be no new phases. Prob
ably no developments in which the pub
lie are interested will be made before
the meeting of the assembly Monday.
DELEGATES SENTIMENTS.
Hugh Griffiths, General Worthy Foreman:
l have visited neerly all portions of Ohio.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky and other
states and have never found knight who
can be regarded as fair representative of
of the principles of the order who has had
aught to say against General Master Work
man Powderly. 1 feel confident that the
opposition to him will be found to be very
slight. Some of the Milwaukee brewers will
probably kick against him on account of his
forbidding the sale of beer at annual picnics.
There are perhaps some of the representa-
tlves of the rougher elements, and the
Chicago delegation who may try to make
trouble. Still there is no doubt that the gen
eral line of policy adopted by the master
workman and the executive board
John Morrison. General Master Workman
of Assembly 126 New York; think our as
sembly will be reinstated without trouble. /
know of no fight against Powderly
John w. Hayes, Secretary of the Executive
Board-I think the meeting will be very har-
monious. There are few little discussions i'm
our ranks. but don't think Improper for me
to speak about them.
T.. B. Mcguire, of the Executive Board
Powderly,s strength with the order will be
even stronger after the assembly than it is
now.
Hugh Cavanaugh. Master Workman of AS
sembly 48, Cincinnat-There will be no or
ganized fight against Powderly, although
there may be sufficient opposition to him to
awaken interest, and make the meetings of
the assembly spicy.